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a distraction from all the hard to swallow stories like young going that ceiling talks the wars in afghanistan iraq and libya the foreclosure crisis and who can forget the salacious casey anthony trial i think the visit is another example of the corporate press the corporate media. essentially using the opportunity. for ratings and they're going to focus on the issues that they know going to generate ratings they know. fashion noise hymns and what is wearing. it's estimated more than fifty thousand people are without a home or meal each night in los angeles county many of those are homeless veterans like carlos who have a tough time talking about the obvious attention on skid row but perhaps after the dust settles and will and kate say their goodbyes maybe the mainstream media and paparazzi will stick around to see the realities of life it was a fashion explosion kate middleton is a fashion magnet on second thought never mind in los angeles but i'm only in the party that's going to go for now for more on the stories we covered at r.t. dot com slash usa or youtube dot com slash r t america you
a distraction from all the hard to swallow stories like young going that ceiling talks the wars in afghanistan iraq and libya the foreclosure crisis and who can forget the salacious casey anthony trial i think the visit is another example of the corporate press the corporate media. essentially using the opportunity. for ratings and they're going to focus on the issues that they know going to generate ratings they know. fashion noise hymns and what is wearing. it's estimated more than fifty...
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as a matter of fact afghanistan itself is the victim of global drug mafia work which creates the demand and the political will to continue production in the country this is why countries next going to stand have the greatest density of drug flow. simply because they are closer to the epicenter further away the drug flows splits into lots of different channels and then drugs get to russia for example through the seven thousand kilometer border with kazakstan. what percentage of drugs. over eighty percent of all synthetic substances that are illegally traded in russia originate in europe most of the netherlands where most of. them in base drugs are manufactured with poland the baltic states germany bulgaria and many other countries with underground drug labs some cells are small but there are many of them and the substances they produce find their way to russia of. various channels speaking of the amounts that we intercept and confiscate its nearly half a ton of synthetic substances every year mostly these are methamphetamine. l.s.d. ecstasy and other similar drugs. they're. testing peopl
as a matter of fact afghanistan itself is the victim of global drug mafia work which creates the demand and the political will to continue production in the country this is why countries next going to stand have the greatest density of drug flow. simply because they are closer to the epicenter further away the drug flows splits into lots of different channels and then drugs get to russia for example through the seven thousand kilometer border with kazakstan. what percentage of drugs. over...
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and dea a in their out hill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day this a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions in afghanistan. leading athletes are inspired to become top india sports by one russian golf prodigy has used his talent for a very different tracing his long lost brother and sister aren't easy different words on the teenager's drive to use a fair way to find his family he might have a smoother swing but from the outside nicholai looks no different than a pampered junior players and this hyper exclusive moscow golf club this couldn't be further from the truth we call like alecky was an old all from when he was adopted by an american family you can never say that or think his life is easy and basically they make you feel like it's nothing you're nothing to me when i came to united states i had a lot of problems emotionally and credible young man he is someone who has taken on many challenges in his life and he's always overcome then came the gul
and dea a in their out hill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day this a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions in afghanistan. leading athletes are inspired to become top india sports by one russian golf prodigy has used his talent for a very different tracing his long lost brother and sister aren't easy different words on the teenager's drive to use a fair way to...
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intervention expert stephen lemmon says washington will wants to keep its grip on afghanistan because the raging war is lucrative. if. it grows it is. small security. shamika i.c.m. you wouldn't last five minutes the resistance in a vanity fair want to liberate the country don't take any opportunity they came here to target anything in a level. not only under one hundred thousand u.s. troops oh thirty or forty thousand other troops there are way over a hundred thousand private security contractors you never lose discussed in the major media so combine forces way tomorrow private security forces may go when it's a thing of police america always those wars not just to win them but to wage them because the profits are so great the war profiteers love these wars waged ten billion dollars we know of told they are already told every month besides the regular affairs appropriations for all of your fans operations this is money they are already going to the war profiteers. analysts also say the violence in afghanistan is being precipitated by local security forces which contain drug addicts a
intervention expert stephen lemmon says washington will wants to keep its grip on afghanistan because the raging war is lucrative. if. it grows it is. small security. shamika i.c.m. you wouldn't last five minutes the resistance in a vanity fair want to liberate the country don't take any opportunity they came here to target anything in a level. not only under one hundred thousand u.s. troops oh thirty or forty thousand other troops there are way over a hundred thousand private security...
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policy from the unilateral troublemaking in afghanistan and pakistan to a comprehensive regional policy we have the shanghai cooperation organization as being the true and reliable partner for the united states instead of nato that who provided the brand new opportunities both for united states pakistan and its neighbors to jumpstart totally new regional security policies that will benefit to all parties concerned now let's take a look at some of the stories from around the world. birds are on their way in thailand to form a new coalition government which will bring the country's first ever female prime minister to power that's after the opposition party won a landslide victory in sunday's general election taney a clear majority of seats in the parliament its leader forty four year old. is the sister of the country's exiled leader toppled in an army coup five years ago it's hoped the election and the country's long running political crisis. the ailing venezuelan president hugo chavez may stay in cuba for cancer treatment for up to half a year it's already almost a month since he arrived
policy from the unilateral troublemaking in afghanistan and pakistan to a comprehensive regional policy we have the shanghai cooperation organization as being the true and reliable partner for the united states instead of nato that who provided the brand new opportunities both for united states pakistan and its neighbors to jumpstart totally new regional security policies that will benefit to all parties concerned now let's take a look at some of the stories from around the world. birds are on...
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still and the longest war ever in afghanistan in the name of fighting al qaeda and al qaida is reportedly now collapsing yet you have u.s. officials right and left saying at the same time that despite a two thousand and fourteen with drawl date for afghanistan the u.s. may be there for many more years to come if you don't take my word for it people like outgoing u.s. ambassador to afghanistan barry said that recently in an interview and at the same time the defense bill is working its way through congress which doesn't prescribe an end game either and yet signs of the consequences for america of this war are everywhere just listen to this story reported today a u.s. special operations officer his name is army master sergeant benjamin stevenson he was killed in a remote area of eastern afghanistan now this was a highly decorated soldier from texas and he was on his ten to were of duty in the war zones of afghanistan and iraq his ten two were of duty we are deploying people for ten to worst of duty in this war they are dying and the mainstream media is not even questioning why not in our lo
still and the longest war ever in afghanistan in the name of fighting al qaeda and al qaida is reportedly now collapsing yet you have u.s. officials right and left saying at the same time that despite a two thousand and fourteen with drawl date for afghanistan the u.s. may be there for many more years to come if you don't take my word for it people like outgoing u.s. ambassador to afghanistan barry said that recently in an interview and at the same time the defense bill is working its way...
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in afghanistan than anyone else and has been employed hated in a number of scandals in two thousand and seven hired guns were accused of shooting dad seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad despite a lengthy legal process no one was punished over the alleged massacre the company is now set to take an even bigger role in afghanistan as u.s. withdraws its combat troops and as artie's gone it's become reports there is concern washington keep covering for its hired killers. this iraqi man son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago as a brain fell to ground between my feet on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot right trigger happy u.s. professional killers shot like they were trying to kill everyone they can see no one at blackwater. the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with her rethinking on rights violations including porcher rape
in afghanistan than anyone else and has been employed hated in a number of scandals in two thousand and seven hired guns were accused of shooting dad seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad despite a lengthy legal process no one was punished over the alleged massacre the company is now set to take an even bigger role in afghanistan as u.s. withdraws its combat troops and as artie's gone it's become reports there is concern washington keep covering for its hired killers. this iraqi man son nine...
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campaign in afghanistan please bring you an expert opinion on what the new patent on chief has to do finally to stop bloodshed in the region pledge and animal hard saving human lives russian doctors give new lives to young girls i'm planning a unique artificial valve made from pig's heart. and then in the year in iraq is military journalist. some ways to go in the u.s. contractors there's kind of wasting their time trying to get killed for you. i thought oh he was willing to do stuff leave it out by from a. huge leave a twenty seven days going to publicize it if you invite the right who believes he's started to be have a dialogue with his. troops in the slowly nurse review some of these homes he's. led. for. mine. right and if you move from phones to the pressure. starts on t.v. . watching r.t. live from moscow pro palestinian activists say they're determined to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza the spy the greek government banning their ships from leaving ports. they staged a hunger strike at a protest rally against the ruling you've also reportedly rejected a suggestion by the greek
campaign in afghanistan please bring you an expert opinion on what the new patent on chief has to do finally to stop bloodshed in the region pledge and animal hard saving human lives russian doctors give new lives to young girls i'm planning a unique artificial valve made from pig's heart. and then in the year in iraq is military journalist. some ways to go in the u.s. contractors there's kind of wasting their time trying to get killed for you. i thought oh he was willing to do stuff leave it...
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trying to you know focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed a person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in the one nine hundred eighty s. when i worked as a newspaper reporter in afghanistan there were negotiations between the dean the united states the soviet union pakistan pakistan does not want to watch from the sidelines when pakistan says that there should be direct negotiations between the united states and the taliban what it is also saying is that pakistan wants to be at the table also because don't forget most of your viewers know this the leadership of the taliban is not enough get to stand like al qaeda it is in pakistan it cannot operate there independently it has had institutional backi
trying to you know focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one and i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate they killed a person who had all the information we do know that there's a power vacuum throughout all of southern afghanistan he who holds kandahar holds that country because in...
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recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan is being slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk. to find out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture as there's no end in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vest storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers. last year another attack on hotels this is where your. examples are strewn through the near decade war familiar aftermath we have anybody paying down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration before news of the blast we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength about u.s. plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but their declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's not to different mark democracy never come by. democracy never come by minute democracy never comes by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our weddin
recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan is being slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk. to find out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture as there's no end in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vest storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers....
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a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured it follows a string of attacks and the killing of president karzai is half brother and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces former cia intelligence officer michael scherer told us that the violence in afghanistan will only escalate. we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because they're have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribal we when we are gone when nato leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again and so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal withdraw in defeat really ultimately what we have after ten years of effort in afghanistan is a body count but that's all we don't have any measure of progress against the enemy the kind of hard story the hard fact is that we went there with one mission whi
a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured it follows a string of attacks and the killing of president karzai is half brother and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces former cia intelligence officer michael scherer told us that the violence in afghanistan will only escalate. we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan national police force are never going to be able to...
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but a serious upsurge in attacks in afghanistan is leading analysts questioning of nato has achieved anything during his time in the country. germany's finance ministers war that he will not bail out every troubled euro zone country and the stress that in the future similar handouts will be strictly restricted his statement echoed chancellor merkel's earlier statement that berlin would not engage in quote unconditional buying of bombs from stricken members who was interpreted by traders as germany would not back to your own definitely and in another development the i.m.f. warning france that it needs more cuts to avoid becoming the next victim of the debt crisis economics author patrick young told me paris and the problem started a long time ago. the problem is look these aren't things that have just happened suddenly i mean the french budget deficit has been in a deficit the french budget since one thousand nine hundred seventy four i mean leaves are things that have been going on for thirty or forty years it's absolutely ludicrous untruthfully governments need to stop spending and
but a serious upsurge in attacks in afghanistan is leading analysts questioning of nato has achieved anything during his time in the country. germany's finance ministers war that he will not bail out every troubled euro zone country and the stress that in the future similar handouts will be strictly restricted his statement echoed chancellor merkel's earlier statement that berlin would not engage in quote unconditional buying of bombs from stricken members who was interpreted by traders as...
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carves our brother in southern afghanistan was a total failure and defeat for ever and be a in their uphill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day they see a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions you know afghanistan. now if you want the best in life you gotta put the hours in am it's something indians know all too well and they are reaping the benefits by working harder and longer than their western counterparts i deserve an english who joins the new delhi rap race. it's a busy city with busy people india is a rising economic locomotive still what's the driving force behind its success it could very well be that people like. both are co-directors i was small one import company called divine and his indians have developed a strong liking for french and spanish language is young men are working overtime to fill their glasses you have to be very flexible with their working hours. engineers were globalization and because of all you know you interact with so
carves our brother in southern afghanistan was a total failure and defeat for ever and be a in their uphill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day they see a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions you know afghanistan. now if you want the best in life you gotta put the hours in am it's something indians know all too well and they are reaping the benefits by working...
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plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift to neighbors should be refocusing resources on pakistan yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics who know the difference between between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're covering the surge i announced at west
plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of military might that's left a different mark them all close enough to come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never by cluster bomb by white phosphorus by muscle car by bumping our wedding parties and didn't washington talk of winding down war in one country does not wind down talk of tackling the global terrorist threat as the focus seems to shift...
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just got a new ambassador to afghanistan today ryan crocker was sworn in as the new u.s. ambassador to the war stricken country and he's starting out with a bang already making some pretty strong statements first starters crocker has already explained that there will be no rush to exit from the country and then he went on to say we have no interest in permanent bases in afghanistan we will stay as long as we need to. and not one day more what exactly does that mean and frankly that comment is caught many people off guard including myself because of all of the statements about staying however long we need to in afghanistan despite that two thousand and fourteen deadline after all there are plenty of reasons why the u.s. would have an interest in keeping a permanent base there first of all there's a sour relations between the u.s. and pakistan and then there's the fact that afghanistan itself is nowhere near stable in fact many predict that the country will descend into violence the second america reduces their presence in any significant way and listen to how senator linds
just got a new ambassador to afghanistan today ryan crocker was sworn in as the new u.s. ambassador to the war stricken country and he's starting out with a bang already making some pretty strong statements first starters crocker has already explained that there will be no rush to exit from the country and then he went on to say we have no interest in permanent bases in afghanistan we will stay as long as we need to. and not one day more what exactly does that mean and frankly that comment is...
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petraeus for example going to treat operation in afghanistan says the number of clashes there increases year after year and in fact the number of those clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times it was a with heavy assigned tasks been achieved but we see that the security in afghanistan has only gotten worse it's said that drug production cannot be forced because of the damage of the security situation so it's a kind of closed circle your. scandal surrounding rupert murdoch's media empire has gone international after u.s. senators called for their own program to the news corp company if follows allegations that someone murdered newspapers at hamworth drive your policemen for access to the call records of nine eleven victims in britain the outbreak to stir an explosive details of this the hacking from the world to the murder victims the things are said in return dad is editor of the day online news service things that you gain data to be misused and not just by tabloids. but i think that where this does become a question for national security is the idea that
petraeus for example going to treat operation in afghanistan says the number of clashes there increases year after year and in fact the number of those clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times it was a with heavy assigned tasks been achieved but we see that the security in afghanistan has only gotten worse it's said that drug production cannot be forced because of the damage of the security situation so it's a kind of closed circle your. scandal surrounding rupert...
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provides a more mercenaries for the us in afghanistan than anybody else and has been implicated in a number of scandals as contractors who were accused of gunning down seventeen unarmed civilians in back in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan and the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over most injuries to protect human rights but as artie's garniture can reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hired her hands and hired guns since their actions slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain felt something ground between my feet and on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers like they were trying to everyone they could see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre two other private american security companies were contracted to ca
provides a more mercenaries for the us in afghanistan than anybody else and has been implicated in a number of scandals as contractors who were accused of gunning down seventeen unarmed civilians in back in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan and the u.s. about to double its private army to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over most injuries to protect human rights but as artie's garniture...
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troops are committed to afghanistan until two thousand and fourteen some u.s. officials say many more years into the future baby what's needed people are still dying just today more than twenty people including a b.b.c. reporter were killed in a suicide attack the taliban claimed responsibility for that one and in iraq this week in the country's leaders are supposed to decide whether or not they'll ask u.s. troops to stay be on the december withdrawal deadline the u.s. of course is offering them and then there's u.s. involvement in libya along with covert operations at some point to war in places like pakistan yemen and somalia so here to talk about all of this going on and what we really need to be focusing on is blue in a sense she is foreign policy analyst at the cato institute thank you for being here thank you now i know that this is something that you focus on when you travel to pakistan and you travel to afghanistan as well i'm curious how you read the violence that we've seen recently against u.s. officials statements because today we have an attack by
troops are committed to afghanistan until two thousand and fourteen some u.s. officials say many more years into the future baby what's needed people are still dying just today more than twenty people including a b.b.c. reporter were killed in a suicide attack the taliban claimed responsibility for that one and in iraq this week in the country's leaders are supposed to decide whether or not they'll ask u.s. troops to stay be on the december withdrawal deadline the u.s. of course is offering...
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now a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured while it follows a string of attacks of the killing of president karzai. comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces let's discuss this in more detail i with michael hsu former cia intelligence officer and a historian in washington d.c. many thoughts have been with us here at aussie now we've seen a string of deadly attacks in afghanistan as the u.s. news troops out of the country almost call forces there really going to be able to take over security. no there if this is it we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because there have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribal we when we are gone when nato leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal but withdraw in def
now a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured while it follows a string of attacks of the killing of president karzai. comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces let's discuss this in more detail i with michael hsu former cia intelligence officer and a historian in washington d.c. many thoughts have been with us here at aussie now we've seen a string of deadly attacks in afghanistan as the u.s. news troops out of...
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trying to help focus on eastern afghanistan and feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon you know or the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drug control service victorian office as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r.t. but here's a quick preview. this september will be the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer than world war two the
trying to help focus on eastern afghanistan and feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon you know or the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a...
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forces to read employment for him afghanistan to pakistan the swamp land reach i introduced a couple of weeks ago could help the united states to avoid making the impression they'd just cut and run from afghanistan and on the other side it would mean they gave their respects widening then militarist hostilities for a member again to stand to pakistan and be. and in a few minutes on our key the green card immigrants who are now seeing red after winning america's citizenship lottery they're now being told to their new lives and tell you why. one of the last world war two era war crimes suspect is due to learn his fate we report from hungary. the resignations keep coming in the british newspaper phone hacking scandal now that the u.k.'s most senior police officer has quit sir paul stephenson was facing a growing backlash over hiring a former news of the world executive as an advisor it was later questioned about illicit phone tapping the axe police commissioner also took a swipe at the prime minister saying it's choice of advisor was a worst decision namely former editor andy colson and
forces to read employment for him afghanistan to pakistan the swamp land reach i introduced a couple of weeks ago could help the united states to avoid making the impression they'd just cut and run from afghanistan and on the other side it would mean they gave their respects widening then militarist hostilities for a member again to stand to pakistan and be. and in a few minutes on our key the green card immigrants who are now seeing red after winning america's citizenship lottery they're now...
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wali karzai a half brother afghan president hamid karzai and a man who controlled much of southern afghanistan playing both on the side of the cia and considered to be a drug kingpin was assassinated by close associates today the obama administration announced it will be withholding a third of the aid that it gives to pakistan eight hundred million dollars worth until they see more results in pakistan's fight against the taliban but apparently that has not stopped us from launching air strikes in the country three separate missile strikes reported in pakistan in a matter of less than twelve hours and those killed at least thirty eight alleged militants now the reaction from pakistani officials has been rather mixed the defense minister saying that pakistan could pull back troops fighting near the afghan border if the aid it really is cut off all the army issued a statement saying that no problem they can do it on their own so the game here continues but where will it end here to discuss this with me is jim hansen retired special operations master sergeant and military blogger at black five dot
wali karzai a half brother afghan president hamid karzai and a man who controlled much of southern afghanistan playing both on the side of the cia and considered to be a drug kingpin was assassinated by close associates today the obama administration announced it will be withholding a third of the aid that it gives to pakistan eight hundred million dollars worth until they see more results in pakistan's fight against the taliban but apparently that has not stopped us from launching air strikes...
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ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drop control service before even oss as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r t but here's a quick preview. of this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer the world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved and it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example going to treat operation in afghanistan who would says the number of clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times but i would say we have the assigned tasks been achieved but we see that the security in afghanistan has only gotten worse and it's said that our drug production cannot be full because it damages the security situation so it's a kind of closed. the scandal surrounding river murdoch's media empire has gone international after
ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drop control service before even oss as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r t but here's a quick preview. of this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer the world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved and it's...
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hear the new ambassador to afghanistan for the u.s. is not interested in permanent military bases in the country really and i suspect in the twin terrorist attacks in norway appears to be a homegrown terrorists but some members of the media here in the u.s. tried to blame the muslim moments following the attack tonight we ask who should we really be concerned about when it comes to terrorist threats. into the only mechanism to go to bring justice or. i have the right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i think actually. i would characterize obama as a charismatic version of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see the story and the scene so. you think you understand it and then something else here's some other part of it and realized everything you saw you don't charge is a big. number that we can afford. i think the beautiful and well. we have to go to the shows that are. actually get ready for freedom. well the u.s. has got a new ambassador to afghanistan today ryan crocker was sworn in as the new
hear the new ambassador to afghanistan for the u.s. is not interested in permanent military bases in the country really and i suspect in the twin terrorist attacks in norway appears to be a homegrown terrorists but some members of the media here in the u.s. tried to blame the muslim moments following the attack tonight we ask who should we really be concerned about when it comes to terrorist threats. into the only mechanism to go to bring justice or. i have the right to know what my government...
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many things have been with us here at aussie now we've seen a string of deadly attacks in afghanistan as the u.s. troops out of the country all local forces there really going to be able to take over secure. no there if this is it we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because there have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribally when we are gone when they go leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal withdrawal in defeat really you talk about a house of cards and even though america's number one and to me if you like and some of been knaves now dead's is the next time. well i think they're going after mullah omar the head of the taliban they're going after i mean i was always here e but just saying those things makes you realize i think that we're still approaching this is a law enfor
many things have been with us here at aussie now we've seen a string of deadly attacks in afghanistan as the u.s. troops out of the country all local forces there really going to be able to take over secure. no there if this is it we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because there have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribally when we are gone...
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led coalition is losing its grip on afghanistan. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can. leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to give it afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling these armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within a very hard to foundation of the karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily it's spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from a treasury that's already drained based on huge budget deficits here the number of casualties on
led coalition is losing its grip on afghanistan. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can. leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle...